Monday, July 21, 2014

If you don't hear from me for a week, it will be because I have been overtaken by 2 granddaughters who are arriving any time now and staying for a week. They are 10 and 6 and love full control!!! :)

Have an awesome week!!!!! :)
*****Tatting update-I finished round 7 on the Spring Doily, and tatted a cross with errors which looked beautiful and was sturdy, but I forgot to scan it before I took it to the 90yr. old as a surprise. :)

Friday, July 11, 2014

I am still making crosses for each of the seniors in our Sunday night group.

This one is Garden Cross from Tatted Bookmarks Needle & Shuttle Edited by Barbara Foster.

It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Purple Iris Fusion.

This second one is Helene from Tatted Bookmarks - cross-shaped by Lene Bjorn.

It's tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Niagara Falls.

Both of these crosses were challenges to me. The first one due to the fact that the center ring is tatted, then the outside, then fill in the the rest, and the tiny rings of 4 ds on each corner

which wouldn't close properly for me. I had tatted this cross in red and white first, but missed a ring completely and it wouldn't lay correctly at all when finished so I started over and succeeded this time!! :)

This second cross has all spiral chains in it which was a problem for me. I tried to make them, but they kept twisting up badly and I just couldn't get it done right, so... I started over and used 6 first half of ds, and then 6 second half of ds since the stitches were 12 count. I think it looks similar. Also, this thread challenged me due to the fact that while closing 2 of the rings the thread broke on me.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

This is another test tat for Elaine P. Gan at Test Tatters on Facebook. It's called Butterfly Carousel. And let me say that it was a real challenge for me!!! I thought when looking at the diagram this would be easy, but....it fooled me and I had many, many starts trying to get this done. Elaine had lots of patience with me and sent me several more diagrams to help and today I did it!!! But, there is one error I know of.

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About Me

I am a Christian. I love God, my family, friends, and kids!
I am a stay at home wife, mother of three adult girls, and Grandmother of two beautiful girls. Married 30 yrs.
I have been tatting since 2010 and love it!! :)
I teach a Sunday morning group named Life in Christ from Spring till Autumn outdoors, and I teach a Sunday night group of seniors.